: generation x
Gen X managed to stretch adolescence beyond all previous limits: Its members started becoming adults earlier and finished becoming adults later.—
Jean M. Twenge
—often used before another nounJean M. Twengea Gen X celebrity
—often hyphenated in such use… 'The Blair Witch Project,' a stealth blockbuster with clever Internet marketing and so much Gen-X appeal that it's spooking Hollywood.—Newsweek
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Gen Xer
noun
or Gen-Xer
plural Gen Xers or Gen-Xers
… only about 56 percent of high-school seniors in 2015 went out on dates; for Boomers and Gen Xers, the number was about 85 percent.
—Jean M. Twenge
Jean M. Twenge
Like many Gen-Xers, I remember childhood as an uncomplicated time when the only thing you had to worry about was being home by dark.
—Bethany Young Hardy
Bethany Young Hardy
Examples of Gen X in a Sentence
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Half of millennial and Gen X borrowers have suffered delays in other major financial decisions due to student loan debt.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
One Gen X American from California snatched the offer of a $1 home in Mussomeli, Italy, in 2019, and has since bought another two ultra-cheap $1 properties in the area.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 July 2025
Testament, The Day After, Threads, and WarGames—which bridged Boomer and Gen X tastes by making computer hacking the trigger for a nuclear crisis—all debuted within 16 months of one another, signaling a wave of anxiety and a desire to process it collectively.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Millennials are a significant portion of Volvo’s customer base, followed by Gen X and Baby Boomers.
—Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
One Gen X American from California snatched the offer of a $1 home in Mussomeli, Italy, in 2019, and has since bought another two ultra-cheap $1 properties in the area.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 July 2025
Testament, The Day After, Threads, and WarGames—which bridged Boomer and Gen X tastes by making computer hacking the trigger for a nuclear crisis—all debuted within 16 months of one another, signaling a wave of anxiety and a desire to process it collectively.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Millennials are a significant portion of Volvo’s customer base, followed by Gen X and Baby Boomers.
—Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
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“Gen X.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gen%20X. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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